[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2131 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2131

 To authorize additional major medical facility construction projects 
  for fiscal year 1994, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
    Center Sepulveda, California, and to waive the notice and wait 
   requirement for an administrative reorganization at that facility.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 18 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

 Mr. Rockefeller (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
     read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize additional major medical facility construction projects 
  for fiscal year 1994, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
    Center Sepulveda, California, and to waive the notice and wait 
   requirement for an administrative reorganization at that facility.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major 
medical facility projects for which funds were appropriated in Public 
Law 103-211 in the amounts specified:
            (1) Construction of a new ambulatory care/support services 
        facility at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
        in Sepulveda, California, $53,700,000.
            (2) Other major medical facility projects required to 
        repair, restore, or replace earthquake damaged facilities at 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sepulveda, 
        California, $50,000,000.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1994, $103,700,000 for 
the major medical facility projects authorized by section 1.
    (b) Limitation.--The projects authorized in subsection (a) may only 
be carried out using the following funds:
            (1) Funds appropriated for the Construction, major projects 
        account of the Department of Veterans Affairs by chapter 7 of 
        title I of Public Law 103-211 and available for obligation for 
        major construction projects.
            (2) Funds appropriated for the Construction, major projects 
        account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a fiscal year 
        before fiscal year 1994 that remain available for obligation.
            (3) Funds appropriated for the Construction, major projects 
        account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 
        1994 for a category of activity not specific to a project.
            (4) Funds in an amount not to exceed $10,600,000 out of the 
        funds appropriated to the Medical Care account of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs by chapter 7 of title I of 
        Public Law 103-211 that are transferred to the Construction, 
        major projects account of the Department by an appropriations 
        Act enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CARRY OUT 
              SPECIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION.

    (a) Authority for Administrative Reorganization.--The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may carry out the administrative reorganization 
described in subsection (b) without regard to section 510(b) of title 
38, United States Code.
    (b) Specified Reorganization.--Subsection (a) applies to a 
reorganization at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 
Sepulveda, California, necessitated by the January 1994 earthquake 
damage at that location as such reorganization was described in the 
detailed plan and justification submitted by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs in April ____, 1994, letters to the Chairmen of the Committees 
on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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